MySQL™: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database 114 Risks and Uncertainties • External – Open source business models partly unproven or immature – Dependance on success of Linux – Dependance on worldwide Internet infrastructure – Potential counter-actions by competitors (most notably MSFT-ORCL-IBM) – Potential competition from other open source databases such as Postgres, Firebird and SAP DB Copyright 2003 MySQL AB